Bug#502623: grub-pc: device name change needs to be mentioned in README or README.Debian

Osamu Aoki osamu at debian.org
Sat Oct 18 13:11:57 UTC 2008


Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20080724-10
Severity: normal

I think current README is too weak to mention device name change from
GRUB legacy to GRUB 2.  This is causing bugs by d-i developer as
documented in:
 http://bugs.debian.org/502446

This is documented in http://grub.enbug.org/grub.cfg as
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NOTE: you can use the update-grub utility to generate a grub.cfg file
for you

GRUB 2 uses new bashish scripting language that is used to build menus.
At startup file grub.cfg will be read and executed.

Please note that partition numbering has been changed to start from 1
(in grub legacy it started from 0).
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Please add short description of this change in README or add
README.Debian such as:
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There are some changes from GRUB legacy to GRUB 2.
                                      GRUB Legacy           GRUB 2
Configuration file location:      /boot/grub/menu.lst   /boot/grub/grub.cfg

System with boot disk on /dev/hda (ATA), partion name changed as:
Partiion name for /dev/hda1           (hd0,0)               (hd0,1)
Partiion name for /dev/hda2           (hd0,1)               (hd0,2)

System with boot disk on /dev/sda (serial ATA, SCSI), partion name changed as:
Partiion name for /dev/sda1           (hd0,0)               (hd0,1)
Partiion name for /dev/sda2           (hd0,1)               (hd0,2)
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Osamu






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